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Jan 30

Live blog: Fact-checking Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmation hearings

By PolitiFact staff

Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking.

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Dec 25

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PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ and its impact on the Ohio town caught in the middle

By Ali Rogin, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan

The 2024 campaign was unlike any in modern American history. But one thing united candidates across the political spectrum, they were all searching for messages that would resonate with voters. The team at the fact-checking organization PolitiFact investigated hundreds of…

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Dec 09

Fact-checking Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them.

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Nov 24

The size of Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory, explained in 5 charts

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

How big was President-elect Donald Trump’s victory? It was clear, but not a landslide by historical standards. Here’s how 2024 sized up to other recent elections.

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Nov 07

Fact check: Trump’s 2024 win doesn’t prove claims that the 2020 election was stolen

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

Conservatives are leveraging President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral victory to again allege the 2020 election was fraudulent. But from election to election, millions of voters potentially shifting support from one party to another isn’t unusual, experts say.

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Nov 04

Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

On election night 2020, then-President Donald Trump prematurely declared hours after polls had closed, "We already have won." He hadn’t.

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Oct 09

Fact-checking Harris and Trump’s interviews with AARP

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

The presidential candidates spoke by phone with Robert Love, vice president and editor-in-chief of AARP Publications.

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Oct 02

Fact-checking the VP debate between Vance and Walz on abortion, immigration and Iran

By PolitiFact staff

Vance and Walz acknowledged occasional agreement with each other on policy points and respectfully addressed one another throughout the debate. But they also blamed each other’s running mates for problems facing the U.S., including immigration and inflation.

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Oct 01

Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks on Vance and Walz

By Sara Swann, PolitiFact

Here’s how accurate their talking points have proven so far.

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Sep 17

Live fact check: Harris speaks with National Association of Black Journalists

By PolitiFact staff

The event in Philadelphia begins at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

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